Levante are taking their complaint over Barcelona’s alleged illegal line-up in the first leg of the two sides’ Copa del Rey last 16 tie to the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS), but the institution has denied their request to suspend cup action. The Valencian club believed that their case would be less likely to succeed if Barcelona’s quarter-final tie against Sevilla had already kicked off, so called for the tie to be suspended until the courts had ruled on the matter.
However, CAS have dismissed this particular request this Wednesday morning and the first leg at the Estadio Sanchez Pizjuan will go ahead as planned at 21:30 CET on Wednesday evening. Levante had already argued their case to the Spanish FA’s competition committee and appeals committee, but their complaint was deemed to have been submitted too late.
Meanwhile, both Lionel Messi and Sergio Busquets will play no role in the cup game with the Basque coach opting to rotate the squad ahead of the LaLiga match this weekend as the Catalan giants face Girona. On the other hand, the Blaugrana new signing Boateng has been immediately included in the team squad, on the same day he took part in his first training session as a Barcelona player.
Here is Barcelona full squad to face Sevilla: Jasper Cillessen, Marc-Andre Ter Stegen; Nelson Semedo, Gerard Pique, Clement Lenglet, Jordi Alba, Sergi Roberto, Thomas Vermaelen; Ivan Rakitic, Denis Suarez, Philippe Coutinho, Arthur, Carles Alena, Arturo Vidal, Riqui Puig, Oriol Busquets; Malcom, Luis Suarez and Kevin Prince Boateng.
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